5. Into which citric acid cycle intermediate is each of the following amino acid converted? A. Alanine B. Glutamate C. Aspartate D. Phenylalanine E. Threonine F. Arginine G. Which of the 20 amino acids humans need cannot be converted to glucose?
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Alanine is converted to pyruvate, which enters the citric acid cycle as acetyl-CoA. B. Glutamate is converted to alpha-ketoglutarate. C. Aspartate is converted to oxaloacetate. Show more…
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